GUWAHATI: Bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies of Assam will be held on November 13, the Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday, October 15.
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The constituencies are 11-Dholai (SC), 31-Sidli (ST), 32 Bongaigaon, 77-Behali and 88-Samaguri.
These seats had fallen vacant after the MLAs resigned following their election to the Lok Sabha.
The MLAs who resigned were Parimal Suklabaidya (Dholai) , Joyanta Basumatary (Sidli), Phani Bhusan Choudhury (Bongaigaon), Ranjit Dutta ( Behali) and Rakibul Hussain (Samaguri).
The counting of votes has been scheduled for November 23 while October 25 has been declared as the last day for filing of nomination.
The General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Assam was held in 2021 as per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976. After that in 2023, the delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies of Assam was done. The existing Legislative Assembly of Assam was constituted prior to the delimitation exercise which was completed in 2023, hence the bye-elections will be held as per pre-delimitation status.
The Commission has also prepared a special electoral roll w.r.t July 1 as the qualifying date for conduct of the bye-elections. The final publication of the electoral roll was done on August 20.